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Hallucinating objects versus hallucinating subjects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2005

Alexei V. Samsonovich
Alexei V. Samsonovich*
Affiliation:
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA22030-4444http://www.krasnow.gmu.edu/alexei/
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asamsono@gmu.edu
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Abstract

Collerton et al. propose that one and the same mechanism (PAD) underlies recurrent complex visual hallucinations (RCVH) in various disorders, including schizophrenia, dementia, and eye disease. The present commentary offers an alternative account of RCVH and other recurrent complex hallucinations specific to schizophrenia and related disorders only. The proposed account is consistent with the bias of schizophrenic RCVH contents toward animate, socially active entities.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 772 - 773
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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